Wednesday, December 15, 2004
“I confidently predict the collapse of capitalism and the beginning of history. Something will go wrong in the machinery that converts money into money, the banking system will collapse totally, and we will be left having to barter to stay alive. Those who can dig in their garden will have a better chance than the rest. I’ll be all right; I’ve got a few veg.”
- Margaret Drabble (b. 1939), British novelist: predictions for the year, in “The Guardian” (London), January 2, 1993.
“Tenderness between people is nothing other than awareness of the possibility of relations without purpose.”
- Theodor W. Adorno (1903 – 1969), German philosopher, sociologist and music critic: “Minima Moralia”, 1951, translated by G. F. N. Jephcott, 1978.
“The power of consumer goods… has been engendered by the so-called liberal and progressive demands of freedom, and, by appropriating them, has emptied them of their meaning, and changed their nature.”
- Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922 – 1975), Italian film-maker and essayist: ‘Sono Contro l’Aborto’ published in “Il Corriere della Sera (Milan), January 19, 1975, reprinted in “Scritti Corsari”, 1975.
- Margaret Drabble (b. 1939), British novelist: predictions for the year, in “The Guardian” (London), January 2, 1993.
“Tenderness between people is nothing other than awareness of the possibility of relations without purpose.”
- Theodor W. Adorno (1903 – 1969), German philosopher, sociologist and music critic: “Minima Moralia”, 1951, translated by G. F. N. Jephcott, 1978.
“The power of consumer goods… has been engendered by the so-called liberal and progressive demands of freedom, and, by appropriating them, has emptied them of their meaning, and changed their nature.”
- Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922 – 1975), Italian film-maker and essayist: ‘Sono Contro l’Aborto’ published in “Il Corriere della Sera (Milan), January 19, 1975, reprinted in “Scritti Corsari”, 1975.
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